Well the thing is that I stated that these are to be designs that are currently being offered; therefore, the 5.9L Magnum, slant six, and 383 do not qualify since they have been discountinued. If I got into engines that were discountinued it would become very difficult to say. There are many good engines that are older.

Anyways, to address your statement about the Chrysler 3.8L having oil leak problems, I have seen more 3.3L/3.8L Chrysler with over 200,000 miles and none of the owners complained about this. I know of at least one case of an oil leak with every engine out there, even the best designed engines in the world are bound to have at least some oil leak problems when you make millions of engines, and when you work at a dealership, your going to see a lot of them.

I'm not saying that it is impossible, but I even know of cases of oil leak issues with the 3.0L Vulcan and GM 3800 and to me an oil leak is not a disqualifying factor. Every engine has its flaw, it just comes down to if the engine consistently needs to be rebuilt with low mileage that makes the difference to me.

I wonder how the HEMI will fair? With only being out 3-4 years, it is hard to make a judgement on it just yet.